anthak wrote: I trust that you received notification of the relocation of this weeks game to Bundaberg - not that far for you to travel now. <div> <div>I know you dont have many, but let all your supporters know they get a free pie if they attend the game. <div> anthak wrote: anthak wrote:... <div>Just as we did when Mawson Base visited last year, our sponsors will be giving away a penguin meet pie to all spectators at the game. <div>... <img alt='[/img] If you want to get your teeth into one of these bad boys, make your way to Bundaberg on the weekend for the big match between the Birdsville Battlers and Gariwerd Cockatoos for the 2nd Bundaberg Cup! Also, we'll be making my own way there, so we won't need to hitch a ride with you anymore No worries about the transport mate. We're happy to be playing in front of some more of our loyal QLD supporters and look forward to what we're sure will be a huge pro-Birdsville crowd. Just one downside though mate. The short notice re: the change of venue has not endeared the Cockatoos to our loyal band of travelling supporters, some of whom travel from overseas, as they now look like being substantially out of pocket with the relocation. As you can see below, some of them were quite annoyed when we made the announcement. <img class='ForumImage' src='http://s1.favim.com/orig/5/artsy-crowd-florida-fuck-you-people-Favim.com-161508.jpg[/img]
Our sponsors are delighted to hear how far the news of this game has reached! We had no idea you had a supporter base outside of QLD, let alone The Merica! Fear not, they can still head to Gariwerd as originally planned, as we'll be streaming the game live on a huge screen for our local supporters who have also been shitty at the late decision. There will be enough rum to go around and a penguin pie for all
The team for the Bundaberg Cup has been announced as we board our vessels for thevoyage down to Bundaberg from the Whitsundays. <p > anthak wrote:<strong style='font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;Gariwerd vs Birdsville @ Bundaberg[/b] <div>[span style='line-height: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10px; color: #000000;subject to any late changes before lockout <div>[span style='line-height: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10px; color: #000000; [span style='line-height: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10px; color: #000000;In: Tom Murphy, Setanta O'hAilpin, Robbie Gray [span style='line-height: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10px; color: #000000;Out: Jaspar Pittard, Zach Smith, Nick Lower <div>[span style='line-height: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10px; color: #000000; <div>[span style='line-height: 16px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10px; color: #000000; <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;Def: Burgoyne, Hurn, Gibson, TMurphy <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;Mid: Deledio, Masten, Cooney, Wallis (Toumpas) <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;Ruck: O'hAilpin (ZSmith) <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;Fwd: Gray, De Boer, Christenson, Sylvia(Pittard - OOP) <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 10.666666984558105px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #000000;Int: KStevens, Clark (Lower) Here's a shot of us leaving the Whitsundays after our fortnight long stay.
I always, always, find this team thread one of the more entertaining experiences on this site. Thanks so much Ant.
chris88 wrote:I always, always, find this team thread one of the more entertaining experiences on this site. Thanks so much Ant. hehe, no worries. There always seems to be a lot happening with my team, only too happy to report the goings on down Gariwerd way for others to keep up with it all.
Not a great result for us in the Bundy Cup on the weekend, but we're still kickin' it in Bundaberg, having a laugh and a great time before we head down to Gundagai this weekend, continuing our mammoth road trip. We still have the whole squad with us (even Tippett has been enjoying himself and has continued on with the team since the Whitsunday adventures) and for our next leg, we're travelling 1500km down the Newell Hwy to come up against Gundagai. JC wrote: This is how I scored our game Ant. Let me know if you see any probs with the math. <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 12pt; <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 12pt;Birdsville (1285) def Gariwerd (1216) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 12pt; <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;Birdsville - 1285 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;Back:Fisher (88), Geary (75), Houli (99), Merrett (29) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; outline: 0px none;<strong style='outline: 0px none;Mid:[/b]Ebert (96), Murphy (98), Rich (77), Wells (119) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; outline: 0px none;<strong style='outline: 0px none;Ruck:[/b]McEvoy (109) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; outline: 0px none;<strong style='outline: 0px none;Fwds:[/b]Brown (32), Cloke (195), Mayne (95), Porplyzia (8) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;I/C:Howlett (86), Moloney (79) Gariwerd - 1216 Def: Burgoyne (153), Hurn (86), Gibson (72), Tmurphy (61) Mid: Deledio (99), Masten (95), Cooney (136), Wallis (77) Ruck: O'hAilpin (90) Fwd: Gray (17), De Boer (40), Christenson (83), Sylvia (103) Int: Kstevens (56), Clark (48) Unfortunately, Cloke was the difference as he was just far too good for our defense this week. It was Tom Murphy who was responsible for him, with big Josh Gibson doing a terrific job on JB. Tom would have been hoping to do a bit better after forcing his way back into the team. Here's the votes: 3 - Burgoyne 2 - Cooney 1 - Gibson And the leaderboard: 7 - Deledio 5 - Cooney 4 - Burgoyne, Masten 2 - Hurn 1 - Lower, Gibson
I was considering trying to keep up ant, but all I could manage was repeats of MASH so I gave up, I am in the process of trying to beat the Whitsunday's FB page but am not entirely winning their either
Lenh191 wrote:I was considering trying to keep up ant, but all I could manage was repeats of MASH so I gave up, I am in the process of trying to beat the Whitsunday's FB page but am not entirely winning their either  Good luck with that. We dont know how to use face books so will not be partaking in any such thing.
The Cockies have now left Bundaberg and are making our way down to Gundagai for the next leg of our 5 game road trip. Next week, we are traveling to Iron Knob for the BL Remembrance Round. If y'all remember, last year, the Cockies walked all the way to Nama (and back) for the game against the Nungas, due to security concerns for any vehicles in the vicinity of their home ground. To remember our fallen hero, BigLance, we are going to make the trek from Gundagai to Iron Knob on foot next week. Now, that is an estimated 250 hours walking time, so we're gonna have to run most of the way and it still may take the full week to get there just in time for the round 6 game. To conserve our energy for the journey, we are traveling in style to Gundagai at the moment: <img alt='' width='454' height='340' src='http://aphs.worldnomads.com/anita/8477/chicken_bus.jpg' id='irc_mi' style='margin-top: 145px;[/img]
Final team has been announced for the game this week against Gundagai. Tom Murphy is very lucky to hold his spot after the dismal display he put on last week attempting to hold Trav Cloke. He has Brodie Smith, Ben Stratton and Jaspar Pittard biting at his heals for that last defender's spot, so he will need to perform this week or he'll be in the Magoos next week. Our only change this week is Bleese coming in for Clark. We're just giving Mitch Clark a bit of a rest before our trip to Iron Knob. anthak wrote:Gariwerd Cockatoos @ Gundagai In: Bleese Out: Clark Def: Burgoyne (C), Hurn (VC), Gibson, Tmurphy (EM: BSmith) Mid: Deledio, Masten, Cooney, Wallis (EM: Lower) Ruck: O'hAilpin Fwd: Gray, De Boer, Christenson, Sylvia (EM: ZSmith - OOP) Int: KStevens, Bleese (EM: Pittard) We've got our trek planned out for next week and we've noticed an amazing thing that wasn't planned at all. We'll be making our way from Gundagai to Iron Knob on foot to commemorate our former comrade, BigLance, and we'll actually be passing by Namatjira on the way! We're now planning to stop in to the Nunga's home ground for May Day (May 1st) and BL has agreed to run a training session for us, before we head on to Iron Knob for the Round 6 game. It will be our only training session for the week as we are on a tight schedule. /Portals/0/User%20Images/walk%20map.jpg' style='width: 705px; height: 370px; <div> <div>So, as soon as the final siren sounds this weekend, we'll be heading off; we wont have time to socialise or even get changed. We've got 630km to travel to get to Namatjira by Wednesday arvo in time for our training session. That is approximaely 15 marathons all up and if we ran each one in world record time, it would take us about 30 hours to do; given we will have about 75 hours to do it in, we're confident we'll make it in time. <div> <div>Then after our light training session and May Day festivities, we'll get back on the road again for the next stretch from Namatjira to Iron Knob, which is about 600km, or 14.25 marathons. Given the slight reduction in time that we have for that leg (about 45 hours) and that we will surely be getting tired by then, this 2nd leg is the one we're worried about, but we're still confident we'll make it to Iron Knob in time for the match. Luckily we'll still have our footy gear on and will be able to run straight out onto the ground and through the banner as we arrive. <div> Not sure if y'all know, but during the offseason, we went to Iron Knob to do a bit of reconnaissance and we found an awesome camping ground for us to camp at. anthak wrote:Hey JimBowen, I'm currently on a road trip on my way from Perth to Brisbane. We originally planned to camp in Kimba tonight, but just this morning, a mate of mine (who had left Perth 6 days earlier than us, but headed for Melbs) called me up to let me know about a free camping ground that he stayed at. And it was at none other than Iron Knob! Since it was only an hour further than where we originally planned to camp, I couldn't resist the opportunity to go and scope out the oppositions turf for our round 6 match in 2013. And it's been a fantastic reccie too! As Round 6 is BL Remembrance round, the Cockies plan to walk to Iron Knob as we did to Namatjira last season, so it's great to find out that there's a free camping ground for the boys to sleep at while we're there. With a BBQ, toilets, shower and all! I'm looking fwd to our trip already. After the game, we'll be heading there for a well earned rest, before making our way, on foot again, back to Gariwerd, which will bring to an end our epic 5 week road trip (from 05/04/13 to 10/05/13). But we cant get ahead of ourselves just yet as this last stretch will surely be the most challenging after living it up in QLD in the Whitsunday and Bundaberg for most of it.
Day 1 of our race to Iron Knob is done and we're making excellent ground. <div> <div>We managed a win in Gundagai and got going as soon as the final siren sounded. The game was a very low scoring affair, and we were lucky to win this week as we were not playing as hard as usual with our coming weeks' travels in mind. <div> B&F votes on the match are as follows: 3 - Hurn 2 - Gray 1 - TMurphy <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;And the leaderboard: <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;7 - Deledio <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;5 - Cooney, Hurn <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;4 - Burgoyne, Masten <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;2 - Gray <p style='margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, San-Serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: 16px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;1 - Lower, Gibson, TMurphy <div> <div> Here's the results: Simonoz wrote: The nightmare season continues for the Hoppers......Ant please double check. Gundagai <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Def ~ Hardingham 38, Toovey 51, Goodes 67, Guerra 78 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Mid ~ ROK 104, Hayes 131, Mitchell 137, Anthony 27 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Fwd ~ Dwyer 38, Fasolo 28, Goldsack 53, Rocky 113 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Ruck ~ Griff 123 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;IC ~ Bugg 13, Stringer 69 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Unofficial score: 1070 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white; <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Gariwerd <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Def: Burgoyne 89, Hurn 103, Gibson 59, Tmurphy 85(EM: BSmith) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Mid: Deledio 102, Masten 65, Cooney 65, Wallis 55(EM: Lower) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Ruck: O'hAilpin 87 <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Fwd: Gray 73, De Boer 82, Christenson 71, Sylvia 98(EM: ZSmith - OOP) <p style='margin: 0cm 0cm 6.8pt; background-color: white;Int: KStevens 82, Bleese 34(EM: Pittard) Unofficial score: 1150 VOTES: (how often does the losing team get all the votes ~ wtf ?) 5 - Mitchell 137 4 -Hayes 131 3 - Griffin 123 2 - Rockliff 113 1 -ROK 104 Here's a shot of us getting on our way at the end of the game. If you look hard, you will see Snoz behind all the players, in the light. I think he's praying for a better performance from his team next week. Gundagai was a top 4 team in 2012 and are yet to win a game this season - I think we copped them at a good time. We've been on the road now for about 27 hours or so. We're making good time as we're almost at Hay (NSW) already which is more than 300km from Gundagai. We ran up through Junee and Coolomon on our way to Narrandera, where we stopped for a feed. When, we get to Hay, we'll have less than 300km to get to Namatjira, so we're gonna sneak in a bit of shuteye. Its looking like we'll actually make it to Nama Wednesday morning, which will be better for us; we'll have our training session soon after arriving and then join the May Day rally, walk on the march and use it a bit like a slingshot into the next leg of our trek.
We're about 50 hours into our trek and we're still on track to reach Namatjira tomorrow (wednesday) morning. After a snooze at Hay, the boys were up and were in amazing form, reaching Balranald in just 8 hours time! Thats 135km in 8 hours! Amazing. [span style='font-size: 14.666666984558105px;They kept it up too. After stopping for a feed in Balranald, it took just 5 hours to cover the 80km to Robinvale, where we are now having a bit of a rest. Kurt Tippett didnt realise we were gonna be spending any time in Victoria and decided to leave the group in protest as we crossed the border near Robinvale. We thought things were going quite well with him fitting back into the team, but it is obviously clear that he still has some reservations about returning to Victoria and Gariwerd. If we cannot work out a trade for him, we may need to delist him as he has requested, but we still hope to convince him to return to Gariwerd at some stage of the season. We've got about 90km to travel in the morning to get to Namatjira, where we'll be spending a fair chunk of the day.
I had just spent over an hour on an update and then accidentally clicked back on the browser and lost it all!
anthak wrote: I had just spent over an hour on an update and then accidentally clicked back on the browser and lost it all! Actually Iexaggerated... was about 45min, but still... How stupid So, to sum it all up... We didnt get much sleep last night. We took our time a bit, compared to yesterday, and took 7 hours to travel the 90 km to Namatjira, arriving early morning. The locals did a welcome to country and then BigLance took the boys for a light training run. Afterwards, we all sat around and had a good ol' yarn about a number of things - the first year of the two ORFF comps; the way that Namatjira was decommissioned for draft tampering; our trek this year compared to the one from Gariwerd to Nama in round 8 last year; and the match back then, that was Namatjira's first win in the ORFFA. We then all headed to Mildura for the MayDay rally. As guest of honour in the town, our captain - Shaun Burgoyne - was able to read a statement (written by a number of North American activist groups [[url=http://libcom.org/forums/north-america/mayday-remembering-past-fighting-tomorrow-01052013' target='_blankmore info can be found here[/url to give a short history of MayDay at the start of the speakers list. Here is the statement he read: <blockquote style='margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px; <p style='font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #1f1e23; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal;The first of May is a moment for us to remember the Chicago Haymarket Martyrs of 127 years ago. These Chicago anarchists helped to lead the major battle of the day, not only for the 8 Hour Day, but also for social liberation. <p style='font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #1f1e23; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; <p style='font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #1f1e23; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal;The origins of May Day go back to May 4, 1886, marking the Haymarket Massacre. This memorable day began as a rally of striking workers who were demanding an eight-hour work day, climaxing with a bomb produced by an unknown individual while the police dispersed the peaceful rally. The blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police officers and at least four civilians; scores of others were wounded. <p style='font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #1f1e23; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; <p style='font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #1f1e23; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal;Eight anarchists were convicted of conspiracy during the legal proceedings that followed. Although the evidence was scarce, and it could not be proven that any of the eight defendants had thrown the explosive projectile, seven were sentenced to death and one to 15 years in prison. The death sentences of two of the defendants were commuted to life in prison, and another committed suicide before his hanging. The other four were hanged on November 11, 1887. In 1893, Illinois' new governor pardoned the remaining defendants and criticized the evidence that was used during trial. <p style='font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #1f1e23; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal; <p style='font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; color: #1f1e23; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant: normal;Since this day, we honor those who have fought, sacrificed and died for the defense and advancement of the working class. </blockquote>[span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; <div> <div> After all of the speakers, we all headed of on an ol' fashioned march through the streets of Mildura. When the march reached the cnr of Sturt Hwy and Walnut Ave, the Cockies said their goodbyes and headed off up the Hwy towards Iron Knob. [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000;We are staying at the Pike River Woolshed for the night and are planning for a[span style='line-height: 29.33333396911621px;gruelingday tomorrow, because we still have 450km to travel and we need to get to Iron Knob in time for the first bounce on Friday evening. [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000;We're gonna have a decent sleep tonight and plan to arrive in nearby Lyrup at about 6:43 for sunrise. This is because we will be catching the Lyrup Ferry across the Murray River and we want to do it in daylight. [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000;If anyone hasnt heard about Lyrup, heres a brief rundown: [span style='font-size: 13px; color: #000000; <blockquote style='margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px; [span style='font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: #777777; [span style='font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: #777777;Lyrup was one of 12 village settlements established by the South Australian Government in 1894 when 243 settlers were virtually dumped on the river bank to develop a self-contained communal system with the barest of materials and supplies. [span style='font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: #777777;Under the revolutionary strategy, settlers were encouraged to work the land and share the profits. Lyrup, whose affairs and 800ha farming and grazing operations are still run by a village association, was the only one of the 12 pilot groups to survive the collapse of Australia's first socialist experiment. </blockquote> [span style='font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: #777777; [span style='font-size: 17.33333396911621px; color: #777777;
Wow, its been such a hectic last couple of days that we havent had time to stop and report an update! We're almost at Iron Knob and we've announced our team for the game: Gariwerd @ Iron Knob In: Brodie Smith, Zachary Smith Out: Sam Bleese, Setanta O'hAilpin Def: Burgoyne (C), Hurn (VC), Gibson, Tmurphy (EM: Pittard) Mid: Deledio, Masten, Cooney, Wallis (EM: Lower) Ruck: ZSmith Fwd: Gray, De Boer, Christenson, Sylvia (EM: Bleese) Int: KStevens, BSmith (EM: Stratton) Unfortunately, Setanta and Bleese are just two worn out to play in a match when we arrive, so we've had to omit them. At the moment, we're running along the Eyre Hwy and have not long ago crossed the Myall Creek, so we're pushing it with just an hour til the game is scheduled to start, but we'll make it on time. We considered letting the 15 players who are actually playing in the game run ahead to ensure they get there on time, but the group wanted to stick together on this and all arrive at the same time. We'll see you soon JimBowen!!
Well, what a drama that turned out to be. We rocked up at the ground and found out that there weren't any players required to actually play tonight from either team. We pushed ourselves so much to get here in time... All the players are having a good sleep tonight, so some good has come of it. Surely the rest will do us good and we're confident of putting on a decent display in the game.
We've had some iron on patches made up and we expect all our players to have them on their jumpers by our round 8 game at the latest. /Portals/0/User%20Images/gariwerd%20shield.jpg' style='width: 250px; height: 271px;
TerryinBangkok wrote: Nice. Expect you will be chasing indigenous players in the mid-season draft. the more the merrier